Children’s Sensitivity to External Food Cues: How Distance to Serving Bowl Influences Children’s Consumption
| Autor: | Courtney C. Galliger, Kathleen M. Young, Jessica C. Hauser, Marissa Wagner Oehlhof, Dara R. Musher-Eizenman, Kimberly R. Laurene |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Gerontology medicine.medical_specialty Day care Overweight Sitting Article Body Mass Index Nutrient Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Environmental health medicine Humans Child Consumption (economics) business.industry Public health digestive oral and skin physiology Age Factors Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Child Day Care Centers Feeding Behavior medicine.disease Obesity Socioeconomic Factors Child Preschool Female Health education medicine.symptom Energy Intake business |
| Zdroj: | Health Education & Behavior. 37:186-192 |
| ISSN: | 1552-6127 1090-1981 |
| Popis: | Overweight is increasing in children, leading to negative health consequences. Children also lack appropriate levels of important vitamins and nutrients in their diets. Environmental cues, such as food proximity, have been shown to influence consumption rates in adults. The present study has tested whether proximity to either a nutrient-dense or caloric-dense food would influence children’s snack consumption in a day care setting. Children ( N = 46, age range 3.4-11) consumed more of both nutrient- and energy-dense foods when they are sitting closer to the food than if they are sitting farther away from the food, above and beyond the effects of age. The data indicate that it may be possible to increase the consumption of nutrient-dense foods or decrease the consumption of energy-dense foods, respectively, by modifying the proximity of such foods within a child’s environment. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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